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The Girl in the Tree
The Girl in the Tree | ?ebnem ??igüzel
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From an award-winning Turkish novelist comes a powerful English-language debut about a girl's coming of age amid violent unrest--and her unexpected escape. A young woman climbs the tallest tree in Istanbul's centuries-old Gülhane Park, determined to live out the rest of her days there. Perched in an abandoned stork's nest in a sanctuary of branches and leaves, she tries to make sense of the rising tide of violence in the world below. Torn between the desire to forget all that has happened and the need to remember, her story, and the stories of those around her, begins to unfold. Then, unexpectedly, comes a soul mate with a shared destiny. A lonely boy working at a nearby hotel looks up and falls in love. The two share stories of the fates of their families, of a changing city, and of their political awakenings in the Gezi Park protests. Together, they navigate their histories of love and loss, set against a backdrop of societal tension leading up to the tragic bombing that marked a turn in Turkey's democracy--and sent a young girl fleeing into the trees. Narrated by one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction--as full of audacious humor and irony as she is of rage and grief--this unsparing and poetic novel of political madness, precarious dreams, and the will to survive brilliantly captures a girl's road to defiance in a world turned upside down, in which it is only from the treetops that she can find a grip on reality--and the promise of hope.
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Lcsmcat
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A novel whose choppy, yet rambling style echos the interior life of its protagonist, this took me a bit to get into, but then I was hooked. Eye-opening information about recent events in Turkey and heartbreaking stories of womencc v and children in that country over generations.

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Lcsmcat
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I did not expect to see Jane Austen in this Turkish book. #pemberlittens

Graywacke An ode to the 19th-century novel? 4y
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Hana321
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Story set in Turkey follows a young girl who abandons her terrestrial life for an arboreal one after experiencing a series of personal tragedies. Her plans for solo tree life are questioned when a new love interest enters her life. The narrative style is a little unusual as it is written from a first person perspective with the character talking to the reader as a friend. The ending leaves something to be desired.

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CafeMom
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Amazon World Book Day 2020 Turkey. “This is the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who wound up high in the branches of a tree one night.†Buddy read with one of my friends. We both enjoyed this one but the main character does not have an easy life. Heart breaking at times but the girl has tenacity. Recommended read.

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JenReadsAlot
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Free kindle books for World Book Day!

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SoManyBooksNotEnoughTime
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A young woman decides to live in a tree. Growing up in Turkey during political turmoil, she is having trouble dealing with a recent tragedy. I found this book to be engrossing. The narrator is witty, insightful & very quotable. I appreciated the own voices perspective.

Come-read-with-me Stacked! It sounds really interesting! 5y
SoManyBooksNotEnoughTime @Come-read-with-me awesome! i hope you enjoy it! I think it's free or on sale on Kindle today actually 5y
Come-read-with-me Oh wow! Thanks for the tip! 5y
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